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FundieMon, 25 Jul 2011 13:37:26 +0000http://chronopause.com/?p=957#comment-2670I was relieved to hear that his cryopreservation proceeded not just smoothly, but that it apparently went as optimally as current circumstances allow

I am relieved to hear you report that!

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adminSun, 24 Jul 2011 06:55:33 +0000http://chronopause.com/?p=957#comment-2649I had many differences with Bob Ettinger, and it would be hypocritical of me to say that I liked him as a person. However, he had a profound, powerful and humane idea in cryonics. He also had the courage and the persistence to doggedly pursue cryonics from the time he first promulgated the idea in 1962, until his cardiac arrest at 4PM EST today: that is 49 years of unbroken and unbowed advocacy. Not once in all those years did he ever hesitate, withdraw, reconsider, or become discouraged to the point of inaction. That is a remarkable legacy that, as far as I know, no one else in cryonics has come close to achieving.

Robert C. W. Ettinger profoundly changed my life for the better, and I would much worse than a hypocrite not to both acknowledge that, and to thank him publicly for doing so, He was thanked by me both publicly and privately on a number of occasions; and whatever our differences, my debt of genuine gratitude to him will always be there.

I was relieved to hear that his cryopreservation proceeded not just smoothly, but that it apparently went as optimally as current circumstances allow, with minimal ischemic time. I wish Bob the best possible outcome from cryopreservation and the best possible future.

In many ways Bob Ettinger was a very fortunate man. He lived to see his utterly paradigm changing idea practically implemented, and was able to have join him on his journey his wives, his mother and many of his closet friends and associates. But perhaps he was most fortunate of all in being one of a very few human beings (if any) who have faced down death absolutely certain that he had every reasonable chance of overcoming it. That is perhaps the most remarkable and satisfying achievement of all. May you live again, Bob Ettinger, and until then, rest safely and well. — Mike Darwin